2075 - 2373 NATURAL HISTORY, MEDICINE, SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY etc.
- Vol. 1 plates sl. waterstained in upper margin; both vols. a few plates sl. creased; first and final lvs. sl. soiled; two lvs. sm. portion of lower blank margin torn off. Bindings sl. worn; backstrip and letterpiece sl. dam.; volumepiece almost entirely lacking.
= Nissen, ZBI 1522; Horn-Schenkling 7523.
= Facs. reprint of the edition Leipsic 1862-1863.
Junk, W. Rara. Historico-Naturalia et Mathematica. N.pl., n.d. (1979?), 3 parts in 1 vol., (4),295p., orig. cl., 4to.
- Upper hinge sl. weak. = Facs. reprint of the editions Berlin 1900-1913; The Hague 1926-1936 and 1939.
Idem. 50 Jahre Antiquar. Ed. A.C. Klooster and W. Weisbach. The Hague, Dr. W. Junk, 1949, (8),431p., frontisp. portrait, orig. gilt (sl. sunned) cl., 4to. - AND 3 others, incl. 1 by W. JUNK.
- Bookplate of R.R. Whitehead on upper pastedown. Binding sl. rubbed/ worn. Good/ fine copy.
= With the often lacking handcol. "Scheme of Colours". Moses Harris (1730-1787) "was a clever practical entomologist as well as an accurate artist, who drew, engraved, and coloured all his own works; he was also a miniature painter of some renown." (ODNB). Nissen, ZBI 1838; Horn-Schenkling 9698.
- All vols. owner's stamp on title.; occas. sl. yellowed/ foxed. Binding sl. rubbed/ worn; corners bumped.
= Parts IX-XIII of the series Natuurkundige beschrijving der insecten, wormen en slakken, schulpdieren, hoorens, zeegewassen en plantdieren volgens het zamenstel van C. Linnaeus, rarely found with contemp. handcoloured plates. Landwehr, Dutch Books w. Col. Plates 82; Hagen p.385; Horn & Schenkling 10834. Cf. Nissen, ZBI 2011. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LVI.
= Horn & Schenkling 14398; Hagen p.513.
Herold, H. Teutscher Raupenkalender. Nordhausen, E.F. Fürst, 1845, 191,(1)p., 8 handcol. lithogr. plates, contemp. boards.
- Owner's entry and stamp on title; textlvs. (sl.) foxed (1x w. owner's annot.). Binding dam.
= Horn & Schenkling 10183; Hagen p.361.
AND 8 others, i.a. S.C. SNELLEN VAN VOLLENHOVEN, De schadelijke insecten in tuinen (Rott., 1843, 5 lithogr. plates, modern cl. w. part of frontwr. laid down. Plates foxed).
- Title and last textleaf (sl.) foxed.
= Horn & Schenkling 14398; Hagen p.513.
= Facsimile reprint of the ed. Amst., 1705, the plates reproducing the original paintings hanging in the Royal Library of Windsor Castle. Text vol. by E. RÜCKER and W.T. STEARN. Very fine.
- Title and first textleaf (sl.) browned/ foxed; 10 lvs. w. sm. stain in lower blank margin; a few contemp. owners' entries; new endpapers.
= Section from J. Rowland's English translation of Insectorum sive minimorum animalium theatrum (London, 1634), which was added to Edward Topsells History of Four-Footed Beasts and Serpents (1658). Nissen, ZBI 2852; cf. Norman 1528; Nissen, ZBI 4147; Hagen, p.553. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LVII.
- Without part I, vol. 1 and part V, vol. 2; plates occas. sl. yellowed.
= Nissen, ZBI 3315; Hagen II, p.64; Horn-Schenkling p.975f. The charming headpieces depicting i.a. people catching butterflies.
- Partly vaguely waterst. in margin; otherwise contents fine. Binding sl. worn/ chafed; letterpiece almost entirely lacking; ticket on spine.
= Rare, Neapolitan edition of this entomological work by the Italian physician Francesco Redi (1626-1697); first ed. Florence, 1668. "Redis masterpiece (...) in which he disproved the doctrine of spontaneous generation in insects, inherited from Aristotle and still considered dogma. The microscope revealed in insects an organization as marvelous as it was unsuspected. Redi prepared and observed the egg-producing apparatus in insects, and he also used the microscope to good advantage in observing the morphological elements characteristic of the eggs of each species." (DSB XI, p.341). Nissen, ZBI 3319. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LVII.
- All vols. textlvs. yellowed as usual; vol.3 w. owner's entry on title. Fine set.
= With the supplement vol. by S. Schenkling, Erklärung der wissenschaftlichen Käfernamen aus Reitter's Fauna Germanica (80p.). Schriften des Deutschen Lehrervereins für Naturkunde, vol. 22, 24, 26, 27, 33 and 34. Nissen, ZBI 3359.
- Bookplate/ ticket on upper pastedown. Foot of spine sl. worn/ rubbed.
= Nissen, ZBI 3589. Not in Hagen and Horn & Schenkling.
- Htitle browned; owner's entry on title; trifle foxed. Good copy.
= Nissen, ZBI 3590. Not in Hagen; Horn & Schenkling.
- Erased stamp on German title. Covers rubbed/ worn; letterpiece dam.
= Nissen, ZBI 3650; Hagen p.120; Horn & Schenkling 19217. From the library of Swiss physician and entomologist Anton von Schulthess (1855-1941), w. his bookplate on upper pastedown. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LVI.
- Vol.6 one plate foxed/ browned; upper hinge weak; vol.7/ 8 a few plates sl. yellowed; plates in Snellen van Vollenhoven (sl.) foxed; vol.2 upper hinge broken (holding on cord). Backstrips rubbed/ sl. worn; spine-ends partly chipped/ dam. A good/ fine set.
= The work was published in instalments over a period of 166 years, making it very difficult to find a complete and uniformly bound set (two more works were published in the series: P.C.T. SNELLEN, Determinatie der lepidoptera, afgebeeld in het werk: Beschouwingen der wonderen Gods (...) (Amst., 1862) and A. BRANTS, Nederlandsche vlinders (The Hague, (1900)-1928)). This set consists of the following works: I. (First Series:) J.C. SEPP, Beschouwingen der wonderen Gods (...) (Amst., J.C. Sepp, 1762-1860, 8 vols.); II. (Second series:) S.C. SNELLEN VAN VOLLENHOVEN, Beschrijvingen en afbeeldingen van Nederlandsche vlinders (Amst., J.C. Sepp & zoon, 1860-1900, 4 vols.). Landwehr, Dutch Books w. Col. Plates 182 and 202; Nissen ZBI, 3808 and 3808a; Hagen p.153; Horn & Schenkling 20145. One of the finest books on butterflies ever published, with splendid, detailed plates. SEE ILLUSTRATIONS PLATE LVIII.
- Almost all plates in (very) fine condition: a few w. sl. offsetting; 2x sl. (damp)stained; 1x partly torn on fold. Vol. 1: part 4, section 15-24 misbound; some lvs. sl. foxed. Bindings sl. worn/ chafed.
= A complete set of the first series consists of 8 vols. with 400 plates (published 1762-1860); the second series of 4 vols. with 200 plates (1860-1900); the never completed third series of 5 instalments of 2 plates each (1905-1928). Landwehr, Dutch Books w. Col. Plates 182; Nissen ZBI, 3808; Hagen II, 153; Horn-Schenkling 20145. Cobres I, p.382: "Ein Werk ohne seines gleichen, in der ungemein saubern Ausführung, daher höchst schätzbar." SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LVIII.
- Occas. trifle foxed. Binding sl. worn along edges/ backstrip; shelfticket on spine.
= Rare (no copy traced on the market; last sold at auction in 2013). Nissen, ZBI 4287.
- Lacks the parts on "Wandelende bladen, Krekels en Kakkerlakken" (present are the parts on "Spooken, Zabelsprinkhaanen en Treksprinkhaanen", with the 58 plates concerning these insects) and the index to the first part on the "Spooken" (p.76-79); the part on the "Treksprinkhanen" comprises 38 textp. w. a description of the 79 ills. on the 20 plates. Bookblock repaired/ strengthened w. cl. tape. Otherwise contents fine.
= Nissen, ZBI 4002; Horn-Schenkling 21555. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LVIII.
- Sl. browned and foxed (especially the plates); new endpapers; first few lvs. upper outer corner restored; bookplate on upper pastedown; later owner's entry in pen and ink on first free endpaper. Rebacked; corners showing.
= Nissen, ZBI 4057.